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Coin Vignette

Manhattan, OH- The Manhattan Bank $3 June 4, 1839; $5
Remainder G36; G44 Wolka 1532-09; -12
The Manhattan Bank was located in the "Toledo Strip," a disputed
area created by a surveying error which nearly brought the
territory of Michigan and the state of Ohio into armed conflict in
1835. The federal government brokered a settlement that gave Ohio
the Toledo Strip and Michigan the remainder of what is today known
as the Upper Peninsula. The argument rages on as to who got the
better deal! Both notes grade a pleasant Very Fine, with the
$5 portraying five Spanish milled dollars.From The Wendell Wolka Collection